ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jesse Claassen

Jesse Claassen is an Assistant Professor of European Law at the Open University of the Netherlands. He is currently finalising his PhD dissertation on the motives of national courts to refer preliminary questions, which he writes at the Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands.

POSTS BY Jesse Claassen

12 October 2021

Jesse Claassen

In the Courts the CJEU does not Trust?

In last week’s long-awaited judgment, the CJEU had the opportunity to revisit its case law concerning the national courts’ obligation to refer preliminary questions. The Court largely maintained its strict approach and thereby, at first sight, admits of little trust in the national courts’ handling of EU law. Upon closer inspection, however, an alternative reading of the judgment seems possible. Continue reading >>